New Arrivals

London: Horace Cox, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 140 pp, ill, pub ads in rear. Mainly upland game and waterfowl. One of the few titles to deal with small game shooting from the point of view of the novice. Near fine in green bright gilt cloth. Beveled boards. More

London: Isaac Pitman, 1909. First. Hardcover. 164 pp, 80 ill,, one map. Vasse hunted extensively throughout Mozambique in 1904. He hunted and bagged members of the big five plus plains game. This is one of the best books ever written on Mozambique (on which there is not much in print)... More

St Paul MN: Foundation for North American Wild Sheep, 1980. First. Hardcover. 167 pp, profuse ill. Twenty great sheep hunting stories by twenty of the most respected big game sheep hunters all in one book - the first ever issued by the Foundation. Good reading. Fine copy in near fine dj. More

London: Privately printed by R H Porter, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. 96 pp, ill, map. Author's diaries of a shooting trip in Somaliland in Jan. 1894. They went into previously little or unknown hunting areas. But once they found water and the game lands they hunted lion, gazelle, kudu, oryx... More

New York: Winchester Press, 1973. Bob Kuhn. Deluxe Limited to 375 Numbered Copies. Original Cloth. 154 pp, Ill. of the big five by Bob Kuhn and SIX large pull out colored prints of each of the African big five (two of elephants). Illustrated with drawings by Kuhn and tipped in... More

Santa Fe NM: State Game Commission Dept of Game and Fish, 1927. First Edition. Soft cover. Its conservation and management. Being a report on the game survey of the state in 1926 and 1927. 212 pp, profuse ill. Lovely gilt embossed cover with raised gilt embossed bighorn sheep head and horns on front cover. More

Madras: Higginbotham and Co, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. 157 pp, 26 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES TIPPED IN. In southern India's Nilgiri Hills for ibex, sambar and spotted dear, also hunting tiger, leopard and, of course, elephants. There are stories of other hunters and some bison (gaur) hunting. A really good book... More

Leipzig Germany: Berlegt Koehler & Umelang, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 282 pp, ill. The famous General's story of his time in Africa. Text in German. Travel , hunting, and adventure in German colonial Africa. Hard to find in nice condition and with dj. Fine copy in original printed cloth and in vg+ dj. More

No place given: Privately printed, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. not paginated, ca 60 pp, ill. Described author's Poland/Scotland hunt in 1983. Author hunted stag. VG+ to near fine copy with one circular line stain on pp 10/11. We have never seen another copy of this book. Likely printed ina very small edition. More

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1960. First. Hardcover. The Modern Safari Handbook. 227 pp, ill. End paper maps. The former owner of Hunting World writes a handbook for hunters. Adventures in Kenya, Tanzania and what is now Zambia. Maps show game herd locations. VG+ to near fine in vg+ dj. AND inscribed... More

Plantersville SC: Small-Arms Technical Publishing, 1944. 1944. Hardcover. A manual on the rifles, marksmanship, and methods best adapted to the hunting of the big game of the Eastern United States. 216 pp, ill. Title page says 1941 BUT ads in rear show date of 1944. VG+ to near fine in vg+ dj. More

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 191 pp, ill. Story of Frederick Stanley Arnot, one of the most inspiring pioneer stories to come out of African since David Livingstone! Arnot was a Scottlish missionary who helped shape the destiny of Central Africa. VG+ to near fine in like... More

Georgetown SC: Small Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. A Samworth book on firearms. 524 pp, ill, ads in rear. One of the basic books on this type of firearm. Fine condition in VG dj whose major flaw is having a strip cut out along the spine (SEE IMAGE). More

NY: E P Dutton, 1895. Cary, W. First Edition. Hardcover. Sport and Adventure in South Africa. 248 pp, ill. Great deal on hunting dangerous game throughout South Africa during several lengthy hunting trips. A scarce title thought this is a fair condition only copy. Spine indented, binding weak, water stain... More

Oxford: J M Considine, 1986. First Edition. Soft cover. Unpaginated but about 190-200 pages. Ill. Map at end. 12 pp addenda loosely inserted. Biographies of early East African pioneers both well known as unknown. Gillett herself was a pioneer. As new. More

London: Smith Elder, 1876. First. Hardcover. A sporting tour of some officers on the guards in the Soudan during the winter of 1874-5. 355 pp, ill with ORIGINAL PHOTOS by Rowland Ward, Two year hunting tour of the Sudan with the Hamran Arab guides who were renowned elephant hunters. A.... More